Adam Holz

Research has found that significant percentages of both men and women have anxiety about getting married. If you have doubts, what should you do?

My son and I disassembled the Millennium Falcon last night. The LEGO version, that is. The good ol’ Falcon set a new record in our house: staying fully assembled nearly nine months. All 1,254 pieces of it. The previous record-holder, Boba Fett’s Slave …

Sometimes lessons about our relationship in God pop up in unexpected places, at unexpected times. I had one of those recently with my 5-year-old son, Henry. It happened in the car on the way home from the mall. That evening, my wife had been at church, …

I moved to Colorado Springs from my little hometown in Iowa when I was 23. In some ways, that season was the best of times … and the worst of times. On the “best of times” side of the ledger, God had opened a door for me to serve in a really interestin …

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the subject of soul mates, focusing on author and pastor Tim Keller’s observation that our culture places enormous expectations upon marriage when it comes to the subject of compatibility. It’s been fascinating to read thro …

My family and I have spent much of this week watching the Olympics. And since my wife, Jennifer, grew up swimming competitively, that means we’ve watched virtually every swimming race that NBC has televised in the evenings. Last night, American swimmer …

I couldn’t believe it. The “it” in question in this case was a revelation that emerged at the end of my second date with the woman I’d eventually ask to marry me. A conversation about our favorite movies meandered into the subject of music, and I was s …

Have you ever had this experience? You go to a movie with a friend, a movie that perhaps has some content that’s a bit edgy. But as you walk out, you’re thinking something like,That wasn’t too bad. It didn’t really bother me at all. In fact, you’re alr …